Beside the high wall.
A soldier stood ramrod straight, reporting to Captain Su on how he had discovered this suspected escape route for the Theseus Cells.
"This is the territory of the Broken Tree Sheep. They live by gnawing on tree hearts and ore."
"After the riots stopped, I was leading my squad on a routine patrol. We've never encountered a situation like this when patrolling this area before."
"But today, we found the entire forest filled with blood and dismembered limbs from a massacre."
"We followed the trail of blood here and found this cave entrance. It looks like it leads straight outside the high wall."
At this, the soldier felt a wave of nausea and quickly took a gulp of water.
Captain Su crouched down, glanced at the bloodstains, and then touched them with his bandaged hand.
"Still fresh?"
"Yes," the soldier replied.
Captain Su stood up and asked, "Do the Broken Tree Sheep have any natural predators?"
